Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A full-skirted dress with a tight bodice and low neck, that is either sleeveless or has short full sleeves.
- noun A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
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- noun A traditional
Alpine women'sdress having a tightbodice and fullskirt
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- noun a full skirt with a gathered waistband
- noun a dress with a tight bodice and full skirt
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A dirndl is a type of traditional dress worn in Germany, Liechtenstein, Austria and Italian
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A dirndl is a type of traditional clothing worn in Germany and Austria.
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A dirndl is the national dress of Austria, but nakedness is an absence of clothes … so what is 'dirndl naked' supposed to mean?
Fashion World of SL 2009
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A dirndl is the national dress of Austria, but nakedness is an absence of clothes … so what is 'dirndl naked' supposed to mean?
Fashion World of SL 2009
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Bavarian barmaids typically dress in a costume known as a "dirndl", a dress and apron with a tight, low-cut top whose figure-hugging effect is enhanced by a short white blouse.
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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Bavarian barmaids typically dress in a costume known as a "dirndl", a dress and apron with a tight, low-cut top whose figure-hugging effect is enhanced by a short white blouse.
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Among his best looks were a kind of dirndl skirt, light and easygoing, made of black and gray panels of wool and silk twill, and a billowy evening dress in washed ivory satin that had a halter neck and the tiniest gathers at the waist.
NYT > Home Page By CATHY HORYN 2011
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New York Fashion Week, showed black, asymmetric, "dirndl" dresses with crystal halters and shoulder details.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The "dirndl" neckline was echoed in coats, in a Steiff, teddy bear-wool, belted, and worn with heeled boots, reminiscent of a walk in the forest.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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In the South German dialects (bairisch), 'dirndl' originally referred to a young woman or a girl.
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